Northern Virginia

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metropolitan area region

Northern Virginia is a populous, economically significant region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, encompassing suburbs of Washington, D.C., and serving as a major hub for government, technology, and defense industries.

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Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
Northern Virginia region	8
northern Virginia	5
Northern Virginia suburbs	3
Dulles Technology Corridor (broad regional economy)	1
Northern Virginia (cultural-historical region)	1
Northern Virginia Piedmont	1
Northern Virginia area	1
Northern Virginia commuter belt	1
Northern Virginia employment centers	1
Northern Virginia gentry	1
Northern Virginia jurisdictions	1
Northern Virginia, United States	1
northern Virginia (as defined by English charter)	1

Statements (107)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metropolitan area ⓘ region ⓘ
borders	Maryland ⓘ Washington, D.C. ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
hasCharacteristic	diverse population ⓘ high median household income ⓘ high population density ⓘ major data center hub ⓘ major federal contractor presence ⓘ proximity to U.S. federal government institutions ⓘ significant traffic congestion ⓘ strong job market ⓘ suburban development ⓘ
hasCounty	Arlington, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Arlington County Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Fairfax County Loudoun County, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Loudoun County Prince William County, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Prince William County
hasEconomicSector	consulting services ⓘ data centers ⓘ defense industry ⓘ education ⓘ federal government contracting ⓘ healthcare ⓘ hospitality industry ⓘ retail trade ⓘ technology industry ⓘ telecommunications ⓘ
hasIndependentCity	City of Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ surface form: City of Alexandria City of Fairfax ⓘ City of Falls Church ⓘ
hasLandmark	Arlington National Cemetery ⓘ Fort Belvoir ⓘ Mount Vernon, Virginia ⓘ surface form: George Washington's Mount Vernon Great Falls Park ⓘ Manassas National Battlefield Park ⓘ Marine Corps Base Quantico ⓘ Reston Town Center ⓘ Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center ⓘ Pentagon ⓘ surface form: The Pentagon Tysons Corner Center ⓘ Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts ⓘ
hasMajorAirport	Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport ⓘ Washington Dulles International Airport ⓘ
hasMajorRiver	Potomac River ⓘ
hasSubregion	Annandale ⓘ Ashburn ⓘ Bailey's Crossroads ⓘ Ballston ⓘ Burke ⓘ Centreville ⓘ Chantilly ⓘ Clarendon ⓘ Crystal City ⓘ Dale City ⓘ Dulles Corridor ⓘ Dumfries ⓘ Lake Ridge ⓘ surface form: Fair Lakes Fair Oaks ⓘ Fort Belvoir ⓘ Franconia ⓘ Fredericksburg ⓘ Front Royal ⓘ Gainesville ⓘ Great Falls of the Potomac ⓘ surface form: Great Falls Haymarket ⓘ Herndon ⓘ Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ surface form: Kingstowne Lake Ridge ⓘ Leesburg ⓘ Lorton ⓘ Manassas ⓘ McLean ⓘ Merrifield ⓘ Warrenton ⓘ surface form: Middleburg Oakton ⓘ Occoquan ⓘ Pentagon City ⓘ Purcellville ⓘ Quantico ⓘ Reston ⓘ Rosslyn ⓘ Seven Corners ⓘ Springfield ⓘ Stafford ⓘ Sterling ⓘ Tysons ⓘ Vienna ⓘ Warrenton ⓘ Woodbridge ⓘ
hasTransportation	Dulles Corridor ⓘ surface form: Dulles Toll Road Interstate 495 ⓘ Interstate 66 ⓘ Interstate 95 (Massachusetts) ⓘ surface form: Interstate 95 U.S. Route 1 ⓘ U.S. Route 29 ⓘ U.S. Route 50 ⓘ Virginia Railway Express ⓘ Washington Metro ⓘ
hasUniversity	George Mason University ⓘ Marymount University ⓘ Northern Virginia Community College ⓘ Shenandoah University ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
partOf	Virginia ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States Washington metropolitan area ⓘ

Referenced by (226)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virginia State Route 55 → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Virginia's 10th congressional district → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Virginia's 11th congressional district → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Virginia's 7th congressional district → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Virginia

Virginia's 8th congressional district → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

West End → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: West End (Alexandria, Virginia)

Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing Arts → locatedIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Art on the Avenue festival → locatedInRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Bull Run Mountains → locatedInRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Chantilly, Virginia → locatedInRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Providence (former name of the town) → locatedInRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Purcellville → locatedInRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Virginia State Route 234 → locatedInRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Westmoreland County, Virginia → locatedInRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Virginia (cultural-historical region)

MetroAccess → operatesIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority → operatesIn → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Fairfax County Police Department → operatesWithin → Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Virginia region

Mayflower landing at Plymouth → originalDestination → Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: northern Virginia (as defined by English charter)

Aquia Creek area → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Ballston → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Broad Run, Virginia → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Chantilly → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Chantilly, Virginia

City of Falls Church → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Clarendon → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Clarendon, Arlington → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Dale City → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Del Ray → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Fairfax, Virginia → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Fredericksburg → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Fredericksburg, Virginia

this entity surface form: Northern Virginia region

Widewater, Virginia → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Northern Virginia region

Woodbridge → partOf → Northern Virginia ⓘ

subject surface form: Woodbridge, Virginia

Rosslyn → partOfEconomicRegion → Northern Virginia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dulles Technology Corridor (broad regional economy)

Alexandria City Hall → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Arlington House plantation → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Arlington Ridge → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Bailey's Crossroads → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Burke Lake Park → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Centreville → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Chantilly High School → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Christ Church (Alexandria) → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

City of Alexandria, Virginia → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

City of Fairfax → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

City of Manassas Park, Virginia → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Clarke County, Virginia → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Del Ray Business Association → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Dumfries → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

East Falls Church station → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Eisenhower Avenue station → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ

Fairfax County Public Schools → region → Northern Virginia ⓘ